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wild card - News bias: left vs Right

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 In the world of news media there are certain bias that effect how the news is shared and in which direction it skews. These differences show the ideologies of the two competing sides. Some say the left is crazy some say the right is crazy, the real question is are they both crazy lets look at some headlines and see how what they say about the same topic obviously the Dems thought this executive order that Trump signed was not a good thing when the conservatives thought quite the opposite. This example is an easy and obvious one, as of course the conservatives are going to agree with what Trump has to say and agree with his executive order as Trump of course is a republican. Lets also look at the pictures they use. The liberals make Trump look angry and mean by using a photo taken at the time of him either moving his head or about to speak, making the President look like a mean spirited person or bully. The conservative side is obviously gloating over their perceived win as they us...

Social Media Campaign 2020 misinformation

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          Social media has been around for a while and as much as we love seeing pictures of Aunt Diane's cat for the 75th time, it has also become a place where people share whatever opinion they want and especially so on the topic of politics. Politics is ingrained in many facets of our everyday life, everything from cartoons for children to the way we dress a cat can be and has been political at some point. The worst part about this funny topic is that the image above, all those topics, can be made political and we all know someone who could do that easily. With everyone at home due to Covid these posts are much more frequent and in some cases tiresome. With misinformation at an all time high many people are sharing posts and articles without reading them or researching their validity. I have personally seen many posts where people have shared an article and only reacted to the headline which in turn is usually contrary to the to the article as headlines...